Chapter 297 [Conquering the World]

Xue Rengui led his army on the road to Silla. Xue Rengui led his army to land on the Han River and attack Silla Spring Fortress (Baeksuseong).

Three years ago, Li Jinxing and Gao Kan teamed up to defeat the Silla and Goguryeo coalition forces here. Three years later, will Xue Rengui, who is far above the two, be able to continue the glory of the Tang army and defeat Silla again?

As a result, we were disappointed! In the face of the Silla army, which was defeated many times by Liu Renliang and Li Jinxing, the Tang army, which lost Xue Rengui's lead in the charge, was surrounded and defeated, and was beheaded 1,400 people, 1,000 war horses, and 40 warships! Xue Rengui broke through and retreated with the result of the defeat in the first battle. According to the records of the "Records of the Three Kingdoms", Xue Rengui's defeat was not over. In November 676, Xue Rengui was 62 years old.

Xue Rengui again led his army to attack Silla, and this time, Xue Rengui did not enter the peninsula from the Han River, but instead attacked from the mouth of the Baekgang River.

The Silla side sent a naval army led by Sha Gang Shide to intercept the attack, and the two sides fought at the mouth of the Baekgang River (13 years earlier, the Tang Japanese naval division had fought the first Sino-Japanese war here, and the result was that the Japanese naval division was almost completely annihilated). Xue Rengui, a master of land warfare, actually won, and the Guy Tang Sailor is well-equipped, so he doesn't need the main general to take the lead in the charge.

It's a pity that in the next land battle, Xue Rengui lost 22 battles in a row, and the Tang army lost more than 4,000 people. The above content is from the records of the "History of the Three Kingdoms". I don't have any historical data! Seeing this, I hate the irresponsibility of the historian even more!

I won, it's understandable for you to make a big show, however, I lost, and I didn't say a word, which gave Silla a chance to write a big book! This kind of emotion does not mean that I doubt the authenticity of the records of these two wars in the "Records of the Three Kingdoms". The main reason is Xue Rengui, the chief general of the Tang Army! "The brave man is the one who is talented,......, so he must win."

Brave. It's just one aspect of the quality of the main general, and there is no reason why you can win every battle based on this. We don't need to doubt Xue Rengui's prestige, otherwise it wouldn't have been passed down to this day. But as for Xue Rengui's military strategy, let's discuss it with a cautious attitude.

Since Xue Rengui's appearance. Let's first take a look at the military table in the already familiar battles of Xue Rengui: the first battle: the battle of Anshi, "Lang General Liu Junqiong was surrounded by thieves in a hurry, Rengui went to save him, and before the Prancing Horse Trail, he beheaded the thief general." Hanging his head in the saddle, the thieves are ambushed, and the benevolence is well-known as "before the prancing horse trail"; The second battle: the battle of the garrison mountain, "shouting first, going forward, the thief is invincible but leaving"; The third battle: the battle of Hengshan, "fighting with the Goguryeo general Wenshamen in Hengshan, Rengui entered first, and he should not fall down"; The third battle: the battle of Shicheng, "Rengui rode straight to rush to it." His thief's bow and arrows were lost, and his hand could not be raised, so he captured it alive" and "rode straight to it"; …… For a famous general in ancient and modern times, his military aspects are almost all such as "shouting first", "riding first", and "riding alone...... Tables like xiàn.

In the commendation book given to him by the emperor Li Zhi of the current dynasty, Xue Rengui's military expression was also like this: "Qing took the lead, regardless of his life, rushed left and right, and went forward,...... We see that whenever Xue Rengui's Tang army wins, it is all related to his exemplary role in taking the lead in charging. A rare use of resourcefulness. Fighting with such a commander-in-chief, the soldiers will find that fighting is so simple: just rush behind the leader! Is it really that simple?

No! Xue Rengui was an exception, he was able to easily boost the morale of the Tang army in the face of war with his unstoppable bravery. Ride the momentum of the battlefield with ease. However, can we deny Xue Rengui's title of the first general of the Gaozong Dynasty? Again, no! Because Xue Rengui is certainly the first general, but he cannot be called the title of "military strategist".

In the face of defeat, I believe that Xue Rengui will definitely sigh, "Time is not forgiving!" "Success is also three Hans, defeat is also three Hans! On this land. Xue Rengui began a brilliant military career; Also on this land, Xue Rengui also fell to the bottom of his military career! Xue Rengui is old, really old, will this be his last battle?

Ending in failure? I'm 62 years old, I'm afraid I won't have a chance to fight for my honor in this life! Okay, did Xue Rengui's last battle really end here? Let's look at it later, after all, it will take seven years for Li Xue Rengui to die in 683, and a miracle may happen. From 670 A.D. to 676 A.D., the seven-year Tangluo dispute in history came to an end, so what was the situation in Tangluo after the war? Let's move on next issue!

In 676 AD, the first year of the Tang Dynasty, and the 16th year of King Wenmu of Silla. The Seven Years' War of Tang Luo is completely over! Throughout the seven years of war, the Tang Dynasty, as the suzerain, won more and lost less, but lost control of Baekje's hometown; On the contrary, Silla, as a vassal state, won fewer victories and more defeats, but gained all of Baekje's hometown and part of Goguryeo's hometown.

There was a huge difference in strength between Tang and Silla, and the outcome of the war should have been one-sided without suspense, but the Tang Dynasty provided Silla with an opportunity because it was difficult to balance both things and things. If you want to conquer a country, you must destroy its army, conquer its capital, capture its monarch, and destroy its will. And it is by no means determined by victory in one or two battles. Campaigns are only a part of the war, a necessary means, but not all means.

Although the Tang army achieved absolute superiority in the battle against Silla under the command of Gao Wei, Li Jinxing, Liu Renliang and others, the Tang army was weak in follow-up because the peninsula was far away from the Central Plains itself, and it was unable to send troops and personnel in time after the victory to stabilize the results of the battle. On the other hand, although Silla was defeated repeatedly, although it lost its division, it did not lose ground. Coupled with home advantage, armaments can be restored soon.

And make full use of the disadvantages of the Tang Army's excessively long front and difficult supply, and adopt a protracted war to consume the Tang Army. The landlord predominance in Silla's military struggle brought significant results to the outcome of the seven-year dispute between Tang and Luo.

However, it is not the military means that really have the greatest effect, but the people - Kim Famin! (Disclaimer: The following views do not have any personal emotional factors, but are only analyzed and listed for the sake of easy to understand!) Kim Famin is different from Goguryeo Wongai Suwen's unruliness, and he is also different from Baekje Buyeoyo's ignorance of current affairs. In the face of Datang, he has his style - pretending to be a grandson. Pretending to be a grandson 2: If you are beaten, you should be beaten, and if you pretend to be a grandson, you should be beaten! The trajectory of his pretending grandson is clear: provocation - being beaten - begging for mercy - provocation again...... Cycle! In any case, the definition of "pretending to be a grandson" is indecent, but it works.

It just works! Big husband, you can bend and stretch! For the sake of the country, why not pretend to be a grandson? It's just that Kim Famin doesn't know that a grandson will always be a grandson. Even if one day you become someone else's grandfather, or even an ancestor, in the face of Datang, you are still a grandson! Although Kim did not achieve his grand goal of unifying Samhan in the end, he also made a lot of profits: all of the original Baekje hometown. The former Goguryeo homeland south of the Hungang River was all taken over (probably 39° north latitude of the Korean Peninsula

all territories south of the line). After the war, Silla set up Kyushu in its territory, learned the Tang system, and resumed production...... This falls into cliché. I won't talk about it. In the fifth year after the war, in 681 AD, Kim Famin died. Died with a bad reputation ("pretending to be a grandson" pioneer) and great merit (grabbing a large piece of land).

Compared with Datang, he is a person who reverses his word and writes "loyalty" on his face all the time! He knows that in front of the big family of Datang, it will not work just to go sideways, and petty theft is okay. At most, if he was discovered, he begged for mercy with a shy face! - But it can't be said on the face! Face?

Don't want to have a face? Joke! If the tree does not have bark, it will surely die! People are shameless, invincible in the world! I, Kim Famin, am invincible in the world. The Tang Dynasty, known as the "Prosperous Empire", can't help me! However, compared to Silla, he was a generation of heroes with both wisdom and courage and a heart for the world, and he ended the division of the Three Kingdoms; He resisted the invasion of the Tang Dynasty; He, really

The unification of Samhan is here! He is the greatest national hero of the Korean nation - Kim Famin! However, Kim Famin still has a problem on his mind - the puppet Goguryeo king Ahn Sun, who was placed in Silla - must solve this problem before he dies, otherwise he will not be at ease when he leaves. Now the war has just ended. The country is still unstable, and you also need to use your influence to stabilize the hearts of the remnants of Goguryeo. Anshun, although known as the "king", has only value here.

When the common enemy, Datang, disappeared. Keeping you is a heart disease after all, Jin Famin has his own clever plan! In 680 AD, a year before his death, Kim Bomin married his niece to Ahn Sun, who he had canonized as the king of Baodeok, and gave him a reward for Ahn Shun and the former Goguryeo forces he represented in Silla to defend themselves, and through the marriage of Guò, he made him submit to Silla. and slowly blended into Silla until it disappeared. In 683 AD, Kim Famin's successor, Kim Jung-myung, transferred An Shun from the canonized land to Kyoto, and gave the land and the house to the title, which was actually an overseer.

In 684 AD, the former Goguryeo general Daewen plotted to rebel against Silla in order to seek independence, and was killed. After Dawen, the remnants of Goguryeo set off a larger-scale rebellion against Luo. Although the rebellion was eventually suppressed by Silla, it also shows that what kind of master there is, what kind of minions there are.

There is a precedent for your Silla to betray the Tang Dynasty ungratefully, and it is not difficult to understand that your slave betrayed you! Well, back to the post-war trend between Tang and Silla. Before and after Kim Famin, after the death of the successive kings of Silla, the Tang Dynasty would basically send envoys to pay tribute out of the etiquette of the suzerainty, and by the way, canonize his successor as the new king of Silla.

However, Jin Famin is an exception, Datang does not care about the life and death of others. After Kim Famin, successive kings of Silla began to work on restoring relations between the two countries, especially through the efforts of his grandson Kim Heung-gwang, which greatly improved and eventually returned to normal. During Kim Heung-gwang's tenure, Silla paid tribute to the Tang Dynasty or paid tribute to Hezheng (New Year's greetings) as many as 37 times...... The sins made by grandpa are being repaid by grandson! Since December 05, 2012, nearly 100 days.

The first part of "Bing Feng East Finger" is basically coming to an end. Through the efforts of the two generations of monarchs of the Tang Dynasty, Taizong and Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, Baekje and Goguryeo were destroyed, ending the chaos of the three kingdoms and the people's misery on the Korean Peninsula that lasted for hundreds of years.

Whether later generations regard the Tang Dynasty's operation of the Korean Peninsula as a suzerain's coming to deal with internal affairs, or as an invasion of it by the imperial hegemony, it is no longer meaningful. All I saw was that the Tang Dynasty paid the precious lives of tens of millions of soldiers in exchange for the peace and contentment of the people of the peninsula, and since then, they no longer have to suffer from endless wars. Yes, it's that simple! What I see is a beautiful result, although there are some twists and turns in the process, although later generations have different opinions!

In 696 AD, the first year of the Tang Dynasty Emperor Zetian was long lived, in October. Hebei Province, Weizhou (now Hebei Daimyo).

After receiving the order from the imperial court to serve as the assassin of Weizhou, the 66-year-old Pengze County Ling Di Renjie finally came to Weizhou after traveling non-stop, day and night, and after a long distance of more than 1,000 miles. From the promotion of the small county order to the assassination history, Di Renjie will not be surprised, because this is not a promotion, but a reinstatement (process) - four years ago, Di Renjie, who was the prime minister, was framed by Lai Junchen and demoted to Peng Zeling.

To Di Renjie's surprise, it was the autumn harvest season when the fields were full of fruits and golden fields, and there was no one working in the fields, not only in the fields, but also on the roads, and there were few pedestrians! It's weird! What's going on?

Where have all the people gone? Don't get excited, this is not a detective suspense novel, nor is it a TV series "Detective Di Renjie", and there is no need for "Yuan Fang" to check the case! Di Renjie and his entourage hurried to Weizhou, and under the city of Weizhou, Di Renjie found the disappeared people.

Inside and outside the ditch, up and down the city wall, there were dense crowds of people everywhere, who were in full swing to repair the fortifications, picking up soil, carrying bricks, carrying wood, and building walls...... The city of Weizhou became a construction site! Di Renjie was puzzled, went straight to the mansion, and found the outgoing former Weizhou assassin Dugu Sizhuang, facing Di Renjie, Dugu Sizhuang said the original story: the Khitan invasion, a few days ago has captured Jizhou, killed the assassin Lu Baoji, and now is attacking Yingzhou, in a few days, it will definitely go south to Weizhou, in order to resist the Khitan army and keep the city, so all the people are transferred to repair the city fortifications.

It turned out to be the defense of Khitan! Di Renjie was very dissatisfied when he heard Dugu Sizhuang's explanation: At this time, the Khitan was still hundreds of miles away in Yingzhou, as for this? In case the Khitan comes to fight, I will deal with them, and there is no need to disturb the people so much! (To be continued.) )